»I want nothing less than all the physics of the sea chart« – An academic discussion with Mathias Jonas

Dr. Mathias Jonas is Vice President of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency. The 55 year old National Hydrographer of Germany and Managing Director of the department »Nautical Hydrography« is responsible for national activities in wreck search, sea survey and the issue of related nautical publications. He represents those tasks in various organs of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). In the interview with Hydrographische Nachrichten the expert for electronic sea charts talks about his preference for paper and about the future of the printed sea chart. And he believes that dealing with the ocean awakes the good in man.

National Hydrographer | IHO | Baltic Sea | S-100 | universal hydrographic data model | standards | sea chart | paper chart